I saw a preview today of Rogue's Revenge, and it looks interesting--I've mostly enjoyed DC's villain-focused storylines despite the fact that historically I know so little about those villains (apart from, say, Luthor and the Joker).
But I've never been a real fan of the Flash. I like what I've seen of Jay Garrick, and I thought Wally was all right in JLA (partly due to his interactions there with GL Kyle, I think), but even with my growing appreciation of the DC world, the Flashes have never captured my imagination.
However, the Piper/Trickster storyline was one of my favorite parts of Countdown.
So I am considering this when the trade comes out.
Question: if (as seems to be the case) more and more people are waiting for the trade, does that mean that comic companies will eventually stop using floppy sales to gauge whether the keep a comic going? Now, that would be a hard thing to estimate!
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Speaking as someone who's working on (mostly) ditching comics in favor of trades, I sincerely HOPE things don't come to the point where comics fade away altogether. I'm hoping that comics nowadays function the same way film releases do: The publisher puts out comics to get the first wave of buyers (just like releasing movies to a theater), but prepares to make the bulk of their profits from trades marketed to the second-wave buyers (like with DVDs). Ultimately, movies (and hopefully comics) make more money that way than through DVD-only releases or through theater-only releases. But I'm not sure theater-only releases even exist anymore!
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